Re: Saving (and enforcing) configuration changes ..

["Martin K. Petersen" <mkp mkp net>]

>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel S Savage <savage multiverse com> writes:

Daniel> In /etc/X11/gdm, there's a symlink called Default, which upon
Daniel> installation of GDM points to kde as the default wm to be
Daniel> used.  As root, I have changed thaat symlink to point to my
Daniel> desired wm (WindowMaker).  When I simply restart GDM and login
Daniel> .. the change holds.  However, if the system is restarted, the
Daniel> symlink reverts to pointing at kde.  Is GDM running a script
Daniel> at shutdown that resets the defaults against some config file

Nope.  It must be somebody else fiddling with the link.  

What distribution are you running?

Whoever wrote the script that changes the Default link will be the
first against the wall when the revolution comes.


Daniel> I suppose a better solution to this problem, other than
Daniel> setting the default to my wm of choice, is to configure GDM to
Daniel> use the .xsession or .xinitrc files in all users home
Daniel> directories.  In that case, then, users could configure the
Daniel> way they want their system, and GDM would check that file,
Daniel> automatically point them there.  I have tried this (similar to
Daniel> how it would have been done in XDM) but no luck.

Ideally, the users select their preferred desktop in gdmlogin's menu
and it is saved for future sessions.  Red Hat disables this behavior,
however.

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Martin K. Petersen      Principal Linux Consultant, Linuxcare, Inc.
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